September proved to be a blank month on the patch at RSPB Lakenheath Fen. There were 14 separate days an Osprey was seen, I was on the reserve on 5 of those days, still not managed a sighting!! #PWC2026 #Birds!

Pretty much dawn til dusk in the field after yday’s winds and with decent reward with an all-too-brief isle first Citrine Wagtail, 3 Yellow-browed Warblers, Redstart, 40 Brambling, 5 Chaffinch, 10+ Robin, 6 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff plus Wheatears and thrushes. #WestrayBirding #PWC2026

Six Yellow-browed Warblers today (5 at John O’Groats, 1 at Noss Head). Garden Warbler, Whinchat and Ruff were #PWC2026 ticks
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3 Glossy Ibis at Heylipol, Tiree today (pic), the juv Pec Sand still at Balinoe (pic), imm Ring-necked Duck at Loch a' Phuill & juv American Golden Plover still at Ruaig. Also a 3km Balephuil patch year-tick of Grey Wagtail last night (pic) #BirdingScotland #PWC2026
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Richard’s Pipit, 2 Yellow-browed Warblers and a Redstart were the best of a wet and windy day at John O’Groats today #PWC2026 #CaithnessBirds

Pied Fly new at Balephuil #Tiree today, juv Buff-breasts at Heylipol (pic) &Barrapol, juv Pec Sand at Balinoe (pic) & juv American Golden Plover at Ruaig, plus Grey Phal, Little Gull &2 Sooty Shears off Hynish. Losing track of Nearctic wader totals here this autumn! #BirdingScotland #PWC2026

Some recent birds locally: a Yellow-browed Warbler on the patch at Milton CP today, and a Bittern and Black Redstart from a few kilometres north on Sunday #pwc2026

The 200th species for my 2026 south Shetland 10km Patchwork Challenge: a first winter Red-breasted Flycatcher in the stunted sycamores at Sumburgh Hotel garden this evening. #PWC2026 #patchbirding @patchbirding.bsky.social #BirdingScotland #UKbirding #Birds #UKWildlife

1cy male Ring-necked Duck at Loch a' Phuill, Tiree today for its 4th day, also a juv Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Loch an Eilein and the long-staying Barred Warbler still at Balephuil
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Finally, a very revised version of the August #PWC2026 round-up is now published on the blog. Please head over to the blog and take a look, and enjoy the limited September #patchbirding we have left! Not long till October... patchworkchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/09/augu...

Really chuffed with this Wryneck, a very welcome patch tick at Bishop's Court Farm, Oxon this morning. #UKBirding #PWC2026 #patchgold

Been a steady start to autumn at King George Park, as ever it’s always livened up by the first Yellow-browed Warbler! Part of an arrival of 46 Robins, 8 Firecrests, 16 Chiffchaffs and some Thrushes to the park #PWC2026 #kentbirding @kentishplover.bsky.social

Grey partridge at the base of Tynemouth Pier this morning - the first here for ~40 years! Genuine #patchgold and early contender for bird of the autumn😜
It's the first bird I've run for in a long time and just as well I did, as it was flushed by a van seconds after I got there! #nebirding #pwc2026

1w Barred Warbler again feasting on rose-hips in the Balephuil, Tiree garden today (photos taken yesterday pm), also a Lapland Bunting calling in flight over Kenovay at midday #BirdingScotland #PWC2026 @birdguides.bsky.social

An excellent 3 hours with Whitby coastal cruises. Juvenile Long Tailed Skua, 3 Arctic Skua, 4 Manxies, 7 Shelduck, 3 Red Throated Divers, several flocks of Teal and Common Scoter, Minke's, Dolphins and Porpoise. @whitbynats.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social @northyorksbirds.bsky.social #PWC2026

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The 1w Barred Warbler showed well briefly in the Balephuil, Tiree garden this morning just as the rain stopped, before going back to its skulking ways #BirdingScotland #PWC2026
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Distant footage of the Pectoral Sandpiper this afternoon - Jubilee North, RSPB #middletonlakes #PWC2026

1CY Barred Warbler lurking in the Balephuil, Tiree garden willows this evening - the second so far this month #BirdingScotland #PWC2026 @birdguides.bsky.social

Found yday by visiting birder Ed Parnell it had seemingly gone to ground by the time I’d got there, but still present today for NFY #WestrayBirding and #PWC2026. Jot annual for me here, averaging every other year.More wildfowl loving about inc Pink-feet and Pintail.